SSE, Repsol, EDP Win Scottish Approval for Offshore Wind Farms

March 19 (Bloomberg) -- The Scottish government approved
two offshore wind farms in the outer Moray Firth that it said
may generate 1.9 gigawatts of electricity and be worth 2.5
billion pounds ($4.2 billion) to the Scottish economy.

The consents are still subject to “strict conditions,”
including the required monitoring of possible impacts on birds,
the Scottish government said today in an e-mailed statement.

It gave the go-ahead to Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd., a
joint venture between Repsol SA and EDP Renovaveis SA, and to
the Beatrice offshore wind farm, which is 75-percent owned by
SSE Plc and a quarter-owned by SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd.